Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
May 30, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Minnesota Twins 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 5 1 1 0
Alvis 3b 3 0 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 1 1 0
Horton 1b 4 1 2 3
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Fuller 2b 4 0 0 0
Harper lf 4 0 1 0
Vidal rf 3 0 1 0
  Davalillo rf 0 0 0 0
McDowell p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 3b,ss 4 1 2 0
Carew 2b 4 0 1 1
Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0
Allison lf 2 0 0 0
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0
Uhlaender cf 3 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Zimmerman c 2 0 0 0
  Quilici ph 1 0 0 0
  Look c 0 0 0 0
Kaat p 2 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Cleveland 102 000 000380
Minnesota 100 000 000141
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (6-3) 9.0 4 1 1 2 10
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (2-2) 8.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
4

  E–Hernandez (9).  DP–Minnesota 1.  PB–Azcue (1).  2B–Cleveland Brown (3,off Kaat), Minnesota Tovar (6,off McDowell).  HR–Cleveland Horton (5,3rd inning off Kaat 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Alvis (3,off Kaat).  HBP–McDowell (1,by Kaat); Cardenal (1,by Kaat).  SB–Carew (7,2nd base off McDowell/Azcue).  HBP–Kaat 2 (2,McDowell,Cardenal).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bill Valentine.  T–2:22.  A–25,843.
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